Omnivore's 100 - Have you heard of this?

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The Omnivore's 100

I believe this was started at a blog that came up with a list of 100 items that every omnivore should try in his or her life. It has spread like Wildfire. It has turned into a meme. Here is what you do:

You copy the list The Omnivore's 100 and post it to your blog, bold the items you've tried and strike through any you would never try. Make any comments you wish Anyone interested? Here is my list: (I just typed an "X" after one's I have eate.) Some of these I still need to look up, good grief!

Laura’s List

1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea X
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare X( I love this stuff, don’t know if I’d eat it anymore)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari X
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (does truffle oil count? didn't think so.)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X (watermelon and choke cherry)
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras X
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X (just a nibble)
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (do they mean jello shots?)
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone [I so wanna try this]
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X [only by accident when I grab my hubby's drink]
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X [just the funnel cake]
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill {again NEVER}
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare X
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse X
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake


I counted 49 x's for me. Anyone else wanna try? Maybe I should make this a poll?

[Harborwitch]

Sharon's list - I've got 58 and 4 maybe's. How fun is this!

1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros X
4. Steak tartare ( I love beef carpaccio, does that count?)
5. Crocodile (If alligator counts, yes)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari X
12. Pho X
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (does black truffle butter with pieces count?)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X (watermelon and choke cherry)
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl X
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar X
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (do they mean jello shots?) X
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat (Does it have to be curried?)
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me too]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more X
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala X
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X (yuck)
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear X
52. Umeboshi X
53. Abalone X
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X (only our friend Bobby G. makes me)
58. Beer above 8% ABV X
59. Poutine (not YET but on my list!)
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X [just the Biegnets and churros]
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini X
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong X
80. Bellini X
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare (does just plain rabbit count?)
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano X
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake X(I don't remember - I was only 3 or 4)

[cjs]

I'll do this in the morning - how fun!

[Trixxee]

1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros X
4. Steak tartare X
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush X
11. Calamari X
12. Pho X
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese - no thanks
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper - no thanks
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl X
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar X
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (do they mean jello shots?) X
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat - no thanks
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me] - no thanks
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more X
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X
50. Sea urchin - no thanks
51. Prickly pear (I've tried Prickly Pear Liqueur)
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone X
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X
58. Beer above 8%
59. Poutine - no thanks
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads - no thanks
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill {again NEVER} no thanks
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini X
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef X
86. Hare
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse - no thanks
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake - no thanks


54 Yes
9 no ways/no thanks
And I have no idea what most of the ones left are. Fun!

[Lorraine]

1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea X
3. Huevos rancherosX
4. Steak tartare X
5. CrocodileX
6. Black pudding X
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp X popular in Quebec
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush X
11. Calamari X
12. Pho X
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses X
17. Black truffle X (had it in a Quebec cheese)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras X
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese X
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda X
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl X
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar X gagged on the cigar
37. Clotted cream tea X
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O no, but have had champagne jelly
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail X
41. Curried goat X
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more X
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala X
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X
50. Sea urchin X
51. Prickly pear X
52. Umeboshi X
53. Abalone X
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X Love them!Jean, remember the Yardhouse!
58. Beer above 8% ABV In my youth, in Quebec. Brador
59. Poutine X
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads X Love them
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X
68. Haggis X My grandmother used to make it.
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette X
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini X at Pablo's place
73. Louche absinthe X I've had absinthe, not sure about Louche
74. Gjetost, or brunost X
75. Roadkill {again NEVER}
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong X
80. Bellini X
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare X
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse X the other red meat.
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake

[HomeCulinarian]

I don't even know what some of these are!

1. Venison x
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros x
4. Steak tartare x
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue x
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari x
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich x
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart x
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes x
19. Steamed pork buns x
20. Pistachio ice cream x
21. Heirloom tomatoes x
22. Fresh wild berries x
23. Foie gras x
24. Rice and beans x
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche x
28. Oysters x
29. Baklava x
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut x
35. Root beer float x
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O x
39. Gumbo x
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat x
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk x
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut x
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear x
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal x
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores x
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs x
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake x
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain x
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho x
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie x
78. Snail x
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict x
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash x
88. Flowers x
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam x
92. Soft shell crab x
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish x
95. Mole poblano x
96. Bagel and lox x
97. Lobster Thermidor x
98. Polenta x
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

[piano226]

1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea X
3. Huevos rancheros X
4. Steak tartare X( I love this stuff, don’t know if I’d eat it anymore)
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp X
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush X
11. Calamari X
12. Pho X
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle (does truffle oil count? didn't think so.)
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X (watermelon and choke cherry)
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras X
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese X
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X (just a nibble)
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl X
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (do they mean jello shots?)
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail X
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects [This would be a NEVER for me]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk X
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala X
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X
50. Sea urchin X
51. Prickly pear X
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone [I so wanna try this] X
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini X [only by accident when I grab my hubby's drink]
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads X
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X [just the funnel cake] X
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini X
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill {again NEVER}
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong X
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef X
86. Hare X
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee X
100. Snake X

[firechef]

Will have to do this one in the morning...off on Tuesday and Thursday so will have to play then as my eyes are doing the oh my ugh not more to read routine. This does look neat how ever!

[Gourmet_Mom]

I'm gonna have to do this tomorrow. I only got on after 11pm! Just checking in and this is more than I can handle. I do good if I can find my brain this time of night!

[DFen911]

I will say culinary school did help expose me to a lot of different foods.

Lorraine....do tell me about clotted cream tea.

1. Venison X
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros X
4. Steak tartare X
5. Crocodile X
6. Black pudding X
7. Cheese fondue X
8. Carp X
9. Borscht X
10. Baba ghanoush X
11. Calamari X
12. Pho X
13. PB&J sandwich X
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart X (New York...they are the best!)
16. Epoisses X (I wish I liked more cheeses)
17. Black truffle X
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes X
19. Steamed pork buns X
20. Pistachio ice cream X
21. Heirloom tomatoes X
22. Fresh wild berries X
23. Foie gras X
24. Rice and beans X
25. Brawn, or head cheese X (gross!!)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper X (one word - FIRE!!)
27. Dulce de leche X
28. Oysters X
29. Baklava X
30. Bagna cauda X (had this is Rome and it's tasty!)
31. Wasabi peas X
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl X
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut X
35. Root beer float X (HATE them!!!!)
36. Cognac with a fat cigar X
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O (Nectar of the gods )
39. Gumbo X
40. Oxtail X
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects X[It was a chocolate covered ant...YUCK]
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (not the milk just the cheese)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120+
46. Fugu (nope but would love to watch the technique)
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel X
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut X (don't like them at all)
50. Sea urchin X (in a soup)
51. Prickly pear X
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone X
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal X
56. Spaetzle X
57. Dirty gin martini (Shoot I drink Vodka dirty martini's...Oh I get an extra 2 points hehe)
58. Beer above 8% ABV X
59. Poutine (why would you ruin fries this way?! why!!!???)
60. Carob chips X
61. S’mores X
62. Sweetbreads X (heaven help me I liked them)
63. Kaolin (is this edible?)
64. Currywurst
65. Durian (This is one of those things that scares me...but I so want to try it)
66. Frogs’ legs X
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake X
68. Haggis X (I will never forgive my father)
69. Fried plantain X
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette (Not only no...but hell no.)
71. Gazpacho X
72. Caviar and blini X
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost X (Instructor made us try all sorts of cheeses. It reminds me of goat cheese so not very good to me.)
75. Roadkill (only the bugs in my teeth when on a motorcycle ride heheh)
76. Baijiu or shaojiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie X (I'm sorry I admit I loved these as a kid...)
78. Snail X
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini X (love them)
81. Tom yum X
82. Eggs Benedict X
83. Pocky X
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant (I wish!)
85. Kobe beef X
86. Hare X
87. Goulash X [Hungarian and American]
88. Flowers X
89. Horse (I would like to think not...)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam X
92. Soft shell crab X
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish X
95. Mole poblano (I've had Mole and I've had poblano's...)
96. Bagel and lox X
97. Lobster Thermidor X
98. Polenta X
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake X (Rattle Snake, I was surprised it was tasty)